Coming up short

Trying to find hope, trying to find strength

Amidst of always going the wrong way

Again and again, after I said, things would change

I’m trying to provide, you the life, you deserve

I dug us out of our hole, but somehow got us back in much worse

I’m trying to lead, lead my family in faith

But I always stand quiet when it’s time to pray

And I’m trying to teach, and prove what I know as a man

But when I was never taught, how can I guide her hand

A part of me brought this upon myself

Had no sense on when to draw the line and ask for help

Now my self reflection only shows how small I’ve become

Guess I always learn the hard way after all,

After all I’ve done

I give beyond my limitation

My heart, my soul, blood, sweat and tears

Every ounce, every ounce of me

I give beyond my limitations

My heart, my soul, blood, swear and tears

And I still come up, come up short, ultimately

To her, I’m a hero, to her, I’m her safety

When her world doesn’t feel right, she looks to me

To her im the strongest, but what she doesn’t

doesn’t see on my face

Is that To her it’s a smile, to me, it’s hiding the pain

She wants me to dance, but I run out of air to breathe

She wants me play, but exhaustion takes it out of me

And what nobody knows and what nobody can see

Is At the end of each day, I lay, with

unrelenting guilt inside of me

Cause I don’t know if I can be,

all that she sees in me

A part of me brought this upon myself

Had no sense on when to draw the line and ask for help

Now my self reflection only shows how small I’ve become

Guess I always learn the hard way after all,

After all I’ve done

I give beyond my limitation

My heart, my soul, blood, sweat and tears

Every ounce, every ounce of me

I give beyond my limitations

My heart, my soul, blood, swear and tears

And I still come up, come up short, ultimately

They say it’s just life, your doing the best with what you have

That somewhere along the lines, I fell off the tracks

They say it’s just the times, your doing better than you had

But it doesn’t help and I, I refuse to accept that

I give beyond my limitation

My heart, my soul, blood, sweat and tears

Every ounce, every ounce of me

I give beyond my limitations

My heart, my soul, blood, swear and tears

And I still come up, come up short, ultimately

I give beyond my limitation

My heart, my soul, blood, sweat and tears

Every ounce, every ounce of me

I give beyond my limitations

My heart, my soul, blood, swear and tears

And I still come up, come up short, ultimately